METHOD AND COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICAL APPLICATIONS EXECUTING IN PARALLEL

• US 20100293548A1
• Filed: 05/10/2010
• Published: 11/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Siemens Healthineers AG (Siemens AG)
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Ukis, Vladyslav, DORN, Karlheinz
• Granted Patent: US 8,589,197 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 718/102
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/40 for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

A method and a computer system are disclosed for administration of medical applications running in parallel. At least one embodiment of the method includes creation of a number of application components as a result a beginning of a number of user actions; provision of a module for parallel execution and/or for coordination of the previously created application components, provision of a least one communication interface for exchanging messages and/or data between an application component and a command which is of interest to the application component which has been initiated by one of the user actions, and removal of the application component created by a user action after the user action has ended.

Claims

1. A method for administration of medical applications running in parallel, comprising:

creating a number of application components as a result of beginning a number of user actions;

at least one of executing in parallel and coordinating the created application components, via a module;

exchanging at least one of messages and data, via at least one communication interface, between an application component and a command, interested in the application component, initiated by one of the user actions; and

removing the application component created by the user action after ending of the user action.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of a command and request is selectable via the application component.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the module, for at least one of parallel execution and coordination of the application components, is further useable to forward a command, which is of interest to the application component, to the application component for processing.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the module for at least one of parallel execution and coordination of the application component is further useable to communicate a processing state of the application component to further locations involved.

7. A computer program product comprising computer program code for executing the method of claim 1, upon the computer program code being executed on a computer.

8. A computer program product as claimed in claim 7, wherein the computer program code is stored on a medium able to be read by a computer.

9. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the module, for at least one of parallel execution and coordination of the application components, is further useable to forward a command, which is of interest to the application component, to the application component for processing.

10. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the module for at least one of parallel execution and coordination of the application component is further useable to communicate a processing state of the application component to further locations involved.

11. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the module for at least one of parallel execution and coordination of the application component is further useable to communicate a processing state of the application component to further locations involved.

12. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the module for at least one of parallel execution and coordination of the application component is further useable to communicate a processing state of the application component to further locations involved.

13. A computer readable medium including program segments for, when executed on a computer device, causing the computer device to implement the method of claim 1.

5. Computer system for administration of medical applications running in parallel, comprising:

at least one device to create a number of application components initiated by a beginning of a number of user actions;

a module at least one of to execute in parallel and to coordinate the created application components;

at least one communication interface to exchange at least one of messages and data between an application component and a command, interested in the application component, initiateable by one of the user actions; and

at least one device to remove the application component created by a user action after ending of the user action.

6. A computer system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the module at least one of for parallel execution and for coordination of the application components includes at least one sub-module for forwarding a commandment, of interest to the application component, to the application component for processing.